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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/148379578" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> gnzlbg <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#148379578">(Nov 26 2018 at 16:41)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="126931">@Mazdak Farrokhzad</span> did you solve your issues with zulip ? Otherwise it might be worth it to fill them upstream (its open source, and can be changed)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/148379894" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#148379894">(Nov 26 2018 at 16:45)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="132920">@gnzlbg</span> not really and I don't have the time to change how Zulip works</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/148382453" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> gnzlbg <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#148382453">(Nov 26 2018 at 17:20)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="126931">@Mazdak Farrokhzad</span> you seem to have enough time to complain about zulip every now and then, my point is only that complaining here is pretty much pointless, and that this time would be better spent complaining in a github issue in Zulip upstream - i don't think I suggested that you go and change zulip yourself.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/151131477" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> blitzerr <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#151131477">(Dec 07 2018 at 18:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>I would love zulip to support notifications at a topic level unless the feature already exists and we can laugh at my ignorance. <span class="emoji emoji-1f642" title="slight smile">:slight_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/151292332" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> gnzlbg <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#151292332">(Dec 10 2018 at 18:12)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="128294">@blitzerr</span> you can open an issue in zulips repository: <a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/zulip/zulip">https://github.com/zulip/zulip</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/151293025" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> blitzerr <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#151293025">(Dec 10 2018 at 18:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>Thanks a lot for pointing me to the repo @gnzlbg. Will do that</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095203" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095203">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>Yeah. Zulip's featureset mostly targets companies where there isn't a big need for moderation because everyone is an employee.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095204" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095204">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>Honestly though there are bigger issues/features that I would want Zulip to address, in terms of trying to convince other teams to adopt it. Highest priority is probably an option to turn on a publicly visible log. Many of us really want to provide world-readable links that don't require Zulip logins.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095289" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095289">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:29)</a>:</h4>
<p>(I'm really happy with Discord for the lang team at least... :P I would want Discord to have goodies for the compiler team to get y'all there)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095290" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095290">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:29)</a>:</h4>
<p>(I recognize that isn't a "policy" topic per se. But its one of those things where I guess I'm debating how much I'd push the Zulip devs to add feature X as part of preparing for future usage needs, when I'm not sure that we're even going to see much uptake without them independently adding feature Y.)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095292" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095292">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>I really dislike Discord</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095349" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095349">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>I find it quite difficult to manage the <del>list of</del> notifications I get there (there is no list)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095376" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095376">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>Obviously I am a fan of Zulip's innovations, but even just for everyday usage I'm at a loss to understand why everyone loves Discord so much.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095383" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095383">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>Discord just doesn't feel like a tool for getting work done to me.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095428" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095428">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:32)</a>:</h4>
<p>Anyway sorry I probably sent this topic off into a fork</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095447" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095447">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:32)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116083">@pnkfelix</span>  <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116107">@davidtwco</span> <span aria-label="wave" class="emoji emoji-1f44b" role="img" title="wave">:wave:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095541" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095541">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>Moved some messages over to this topic.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095659" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095659">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>top things about Zulip that bothers me: 1) it's ugly and looks unpolished, 2) it uses too little horizontal real-estate, 3) is there an android app?, 4) my draft message disappears if I click outside the input area, 5) moving messages or starting new topics is too cumbersome... it's too much for "getting work done"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095691" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095691">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>I understand that the compiler team needs to be less ephemeral about things; most other teams don't have so many issues all the time tho</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095692" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095692">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think the main things I'd like to see are: </p>
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<li>More control over the UI, while I like it, a lot of people are put off. Full width mode; actual dark theme; hide the selection indicator (or make it less obtrusive); enable the messages to not stop midway down the screen.</li>
<li>More user permissions/roles type of configuration.</li>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095697" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095697">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>There is an android app.</p>



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<p>I also feel like I get notifications from all the streams when I'm on zulip so I just turned it off</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095760" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095760">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:39)</a>:</h4>
<p>You can mute streams. I only get notifications from pings.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157095771" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157095771">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:39)</a>:</h4>
<p>that's what I did</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157096074" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157096074">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:45)</a>:</h4>
<p>generally I feel that Zulip feels "designed by programmers" rather than by UX folks</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157096079" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157096079">(Jan 29 2019 at 10:45)</a>:</h4>
<p>That's probably true.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157100906" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157100906">(Jan 29 2019 at 12:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>fair. and yet its UI is more readable and makes more sense than Discord, IMO.^^  Discord doesnt really feel "designed by UX" folks either, or at least not by UX folks that had our usecase in mind (lots of channels but most people only interested in a few, good integration of group and private chats).</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157100994" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157100994">(Jan 29 2019 at 12:28)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I agree Zulip's UI is not good either for the "newcomer wants to get help" usecase</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157102377" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157102377">(Jan 29 2019 at 12:52)</a>:</h4>
<p>Maybe its okay to employ one service for Rust users and another for Rust developers?  There's the overhead of having to learn (and log into) two distinct services, but I'm not sure I'd expect <em>too</em> much cross-linking between those two places. Well, maybe Rust developers would link to Q's of Rust users to explain motivations for proposed changes.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157103184" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157103184">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:07)</a>:</h4>
<p>I've always thought that Zulip was a good choice for contributors, but Discord is better and works great for everything else.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157105041" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157105041">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>I don't think there's an "our use case"; what fits a team like T-Lang doesn't fit T-Compiler, imo</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157105055" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157105055">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:39)</a>:</h4>
<p>T-compiler is more centered around GH issues and such</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157105072" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157105072">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:39)</a>:</h4>
<p>whereas language design doesn't have many small issues that need topics</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157105140" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157105140">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:40)</a>:</h4>
<p>Zulip doesn't require you have lots of topics though. You can just have a handful for the few things that are being discussed.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157105241" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157105241">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:42)</a>:</h4>
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<p>whereas language design doesn't have many small issues that need topics</p>
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<p>i don't agree with this claim.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157106024" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157106024">(Jan 29 2019 at 13:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think it's fair to say that smaller implementation issues are taken care of by the compiler team; most long running lang design things are done via github, and the ephemeral things usually don't need topics. At least that's my feeling... sometimes topics would be good for discussing something with a small group of people tho.</p>
<p>In the end, the core team made a decision to favor Discord... and until such time that Zulip has better UX I don't think other teams will switch. I'm also weary of fragmenting our discussion platforms too much.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157106628" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157106628">(Jan 29 2019 at 14:03)</a>:</h4>
<p>UCG is on Zulip, and we have used the topic feature there. not as extensively as the compiler team, but it definitely helped -- both for some organization during the discussion, but also to easier find discussions again a week later</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157107366" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157107366">(Jan 29 2019 at 14:12)</a>:</h4>
<p>I won't argue with other teams finding value in going with whatever the core team uses.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157107417" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157107417">(Jan 29 2019 at 14:13)</a>:</h4>
<p>In my personal experience, catching up on past conversations (either reading ones relevant to me carefully, or skimming others) is something I can at least attempt to do on Zulip. On Discord, there's simply no point in making a similar attempt. Which is fine, as long as everyone present understands it as an entirely transient communication platform.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157107653" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157107653">(Jan 29 2019 at 14:16)</a>:</h4>
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<p>as long as everyone present understands it as an entirely transient communication platform.</p>
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<p>It's my impression people do understand it's ephemeral? (tho the search functionality let's me find old discussions a week later without too much work...).</p>
<p>I won't dispute that the threading model has benefits sometimes; but it feels unpolished in Zulip and too much "in your face"; there are also the other UI and UX issues that makes it worse than Discord for some people. Most of the UI issues seem well understood? in particular, varkor listed a bunch of them. If people here want more people to use Zulip over Discord, then the solution is to make sure the necessary improvements get made.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157107805" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157107805">(Jan 29 2019 at 14:19)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'd like it if there was some milestone or label on the Zulip project that we could file issues against and then people interested in solving Rust's issues with Zulip (I've been hoping to find some time to do so for a while) could work through.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157127914" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> lqd <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157127914">(Jan 29 2019 at 18:51)</a>:</h4>
<p>(we could probably "discordify" the visuals <a href="/user_uploads/4715/4h0cdxNaiuuHxUEVdSHfwuv_/pasted_image.png" target="_blank" title="pasted_image.png">if we wanted to</a> :)</p>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157293248" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157293248">(Jan 31 2019 at 18:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>is there an issue for making stream subscription more discoverable? the fact that you have to click the gear is very non-obvious. just replacing that by a <code>+</code> would already help a lot I think.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157293437" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157293437">(Jan 31 2019 at 18:29)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="120791">@RalfJ</span> there is <a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/10369" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/10369">https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/10369</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157293515" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157293515">(Jan 31 2019 at 18:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>I personally think a <code>+</code> would not help</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157293518" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157293518">(Jan 31 2019 at 18:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>it looks to my eyes like "create a new stream"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157293532" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157293532">(Jan 31 2019 at 18:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I agree that some small changes to indicate that the list of streams is not "complete" would prob suffice</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/157293540" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#157293540">(Jan 31 2019 at 18:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>maybe even just saying "Your Streams" instead of "Streams"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/158690793" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> eddyb <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#158690793">(Feb 16 2019 at 11:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>I barely used the the mobile app just now and it shows up as 10% of battery usage (Screen is 15% and IRCCloud which I use more is 2%), my phone got really hot and the keyboard started lagging</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/158690806" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> eddyb <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#158690806">(Feb 16 2019 at 11:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>both problems solved by force-stopping Zulip and Gboard</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/159221277" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#159221277">(Feb 23 2019 at 09:01)</a>:</h4>
<p>tracking makes me sad :( <a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/11657" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/11657">https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/11657</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues%20with%20Zulip/near/162463250" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Rein Zustand⚙ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Issues.20with.20Zulip.html#162463250">(Apr 03 2019 at 19:56)</a>:</h4>
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<p>Honestly though there are bigger issues/features that I would want Zulip to address, in terms of trying to convince other teams to adopt it. Highest priority is probably an option to turn on a publicly visible log. Many of us really want to provide world-readable links that don't require Zulip logins.</p>
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<p>Btw, publicly visible log is now within reach, using the script made by the Lean Prover community (<a href="https://leanprover-community.github.io/archive/" target="_blank" title="https://leanprover-community.github.io/archive/">https://leanprover-community.github.io/archive/</a>, archived periodically via <a href="https://github.com/leanprover-community/leanprover-community.github.io/blob/master/import.py" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/leanprover-community/leanprover-community.github.io/blob/master/import.py">https://github.com/leanprover-community/leanprover-community.github.io/blob/master/import.py</a>). The log will live on a gh-page. If I were to try this on this realm, would there be objections on privacy ground? I tried mirroring <a href="http://chat.zulip.org" target="_blank" title="http://chat.zulip.org">chat.zulip.org</a> and it took ~45 min for the initial mirror but wasn't permitted to publish the logs unless if I anonymize the names. Alternatively, I could publish a subset of the streams as well.</p>



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